Saturday, June 30, 2012

There is a question that often arises
in discussion with graduates about whether they should portray
themselves as “nice people" to employers. It is important to
certainly show your credentials as a nice person. Current research
shows that everything being equal,employers hire the person that
attracts them the most i.e. the candidate they like the most. This
poses some interesting questions on this subject that I will briefly
overview for you. It all boils down to three simple questions for any employer, and generally they may ask themselves these ........

Will this graduate do the job to a high
level of competency?

Will this graduate like the job we are
offering and will he/she be happy doing it?

Will the rest of the team and I enjoy
working with this graduate?

So basically, any graduate really only
has to answer 3 questions to get that job! Not so simple I am afraid.The hard part is that they
are very tough questions that you are never really asked directly, so
everything you do in the assessment process has to send a positive
message to the employer.

Nearly all decisions on hiring may be
described as emotional decisions, where the skills and competencies
issues are decided. It is therefore critically important for a
candidate to know themselves. There are many personality quizzes out
there at the moment and any graduate should certainly undertake a
study on these, to be equipped and prepared for testing. The top five
personality issues that come under review have been well settled for
the last few years and can be found explained here. I am not suggesting, that they are the all en composing traits of personality, for example, how do we determine intrinsic motivation by external questioning.
Never the less, the enigma faced by any graduate can be dealt with effectively with some good old fashioned preparation for the task. It seems some things never really go out of fashion and quality of work will always be appreciated.

Research participants were more creative when they were exposed to background noise of 70 decibels, comparable to the sound of a moving car 10 meters away, than when they were in a low-noise environment, say Ravi Mehta of the University of Illinois, Rui (Juliet) Zhu of the University of British Columbia, and Amar Cheema of the University of Virginia. The noise makes mental processing more difficult, which activates abstract cognition and thus enhances creative performance, the researchers say.In Ireland and the UK, you are not allowed to work in a continuous noise above 85 decibels so 70 is a good rustle of leaves in the background. It is noteworthy that this encourages creative thinking and not critical thinking, so studying for exams. in front of the TV is still not recommended. It might be a good idea for the Art Class!!

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